Cooking utensil



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A. W. OBERMANN. COOKING UTENSIL.

No. 418,216. Patented Dec. 31, 1889.

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AUGUST W. OBERMANN, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COOKING U TENSIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,216, dated December31, 1889.

Application filed June 5, 1888. Serial No. 276,163. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST W. OBERMANN, a citizen of the'United Statesof America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to devices for securing the lids to cookingvessels, and more particularly to such vessels having rigid sidehandles; and my invention consists of the novel devices and combinationsof devices, hereinafter described and speci fically claimed.

I11 the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of thecooking-vessel with its lid secured in position, and Fig. 2 a verticalsection on line a: w in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the boltor buckle attachment to the handle for locking the lid to the vessel.Fig. 4 is a detached sectional View of one of the hook-lugs, securedupon the vessel right and left of the spout thereof for receiving andholding the forward edge of the lid.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designatelike parts.

A denotes the cooking-vessel, having spout a and side handles B.

O is the lid, the rim of which enters the top of vessel A to form aclose joint therewith, and has a horizontally extending rim-flangeoverlapping the top edge of such vessel. This lid 0 has secured in arectangular posiin line with said strainer D the lid 0 has attached by ahinge-connection e a flap E, that provides a cover for said spout. Thelid 0 is secured upon the vessel A byits rim-flange right and left offlap E, being inserted under hook-lugs f, secured upon the vessel A byriveting or otherwise, and by catches G, secured to handle B by pivotsg, to be swung like turn-buckles, and provided with a projecting end torest upon the lid and straps 72 to rest under the handles when theprojecting ends are turned over the lid. These catches are operated andheld in position with the thumbs while lifting the vessel by itshandles, thus securely holding the lid 0 while discharging the liquidcontents from the vessel.

What I claim is- The combination, with a vessel A, having fixed handlesB, having straight upper sides 011 a level with the top of the vessel,and a cover 0, having a horizontal flange to rest on top of the vessel,and the catch G, pivoted to the handle and provided with a projecting

